Александр Солженицын. Портрет без ретуши

Tomash Rzhezach prinadlezhal k uzkomu krugu druzeĭ Aleksandra Solzhenit͡syna, bolee togo, byl ego sotrudnikom. V svoeĭ knige Rzhezach postavil pered soboĭ zadachu datʹ biograficheskiĭ i psikhologicheskiĭ portret Aleksandra Solzhenit͡syna v realisticheskom plane, ne izbegai͡a nikakikh chert povedenii͡a i kharaktera nyne priznannogo klassika rossiĭskoĭ i mirovoĭ literatury. Avtor rassmatrivaet osobennosti literaturnogo darovanii͡a Solzhenit͡syna i ego chisto chelovecheskie kachestva: otnoshenie k zhenshchinam, deti͡am, druzʹi͡am. Pri ėtom Rzhezach ne prosto izlagaet biografii͡u, on stremitsi͡a izobrazitʹ zhiznʹ Solzhenit͡syna i peripetii ego sudʹby na fone ėvoli͡ut͡sii sovetskogo obshchestva. Dli͡a raboty nad knigoĭ Tomash Rzhezach sobral bolʹshoe kolichestvo materiala i lichno vstrechalsi͡a so mnogimi li͡udʹmi, blizko znavshimi Aleksandra Solzhenit͡syna.

Tomasz Rzezac belonged to a narrow circle of friends of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, moreover, he was his employee. In his book, Rzhezach set himself the task of giving a biographical and psychological portrait of Alexander Solzhenitsyn in a realistic way, without avoiding any features of behavior and character of the now recognized classic of Russian and world literature. The author examines the features of Solzhenitsyn's literary talent and his purely human qualities: his attitude towards women, children, and friends. At the same time, Rzhezach does not just present a biography, he seeks to depict Solzhenitsyn's life and the vicissitudes of his fate against the background of the evolution of Soviet society. To work on the book, Tomasz Rzezac collected a large amount of material and personally met with many people who knew Alexander Solzhenitsyn intimately.